Medieval-literature Quote by Marie de France

If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!

— Marie de France

The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority.

— Marie de France

Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.

— Marie de France

A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats.

— Marie de France

Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was…

— Marie de France

“Anyone who has received from God the gift of knowledge and true eloquence has a duty not to remain silent”

— Marie de France

But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly.

— Marie de France

Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind.

— Marie de France

Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings.

— Marie de France

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell…

— Marie de France

For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord…

— Marie de France

“But where is it written in the Gospel that we are instructed to hate anyone, however erroneous their beliefs might be?”

— Marie de France